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The Beautiful 'Sun Vista' ( previously SS Meridian )
Location: Approx 45miles West of Penang, Malaysis in the
Andaman Sea
27,888 GRT
701 x 93.8 feet
Twin Screw, geared De Laval turbines from builders
25.5 knots
44,000 shaft horsepower
156 First Class, 1,594 Tourist Class passengers
Built at Cantieri Riuniti
dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy as GALILEO GALILEI for Lloyd Triestino SpA di
Navigazione, Genoa
Yard #1862
"On May 21st, 1999, the vessel suffered an engine room fire,
which cut all power to the ship and caused her to sink. All 1,090 passengers and
crew were safely evacuated."
The Japanese Battleship Haguro. Also from Penang, Malaysia
Depth 64meters
The huge Car transporter MV Hyundai - Sank off Singapore May
2004
SINGAPORE -- Salvage divers jumped into deep, murky waters off
Singapore on Monday to assess whether a ship that sank with 4,000 cars on board
after colliding with an oil tanker has spilled any of its 990 tons of fuel oil,
officials said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
REPORT OF THE SINKING OF MV HYUNDAI
SINGAPORE (AP) - A ship carrying 4,000 cars sank after
colliding with an oil tanker just south of Singapore, authorities said
Sunday.
The collision between the tanker MT Kaminesan, carrying
nearly 279,950 tons of crude oil, and car carrier MV Hyundai occurred late
Saturday night, the Maritime and Ports Authority of Singapore said.
"Prior to the collision, warnings were given to the two
vessels by the MPA's vessel traffic information service. The two vessels
also communicated with each other," it said in a statement.
The accident occurred four miles southeast of the resort
island of Sentosa, authorities said.
All 20 crew members of the Hyundai were rescued before it
sank, the authority said. There was no immediate leak of oil from the
Panama-registered Kaminesan, Maritime and Ports Authority spokeswoman
Theresa Pong said.
The oil tanker was being towed into Singapore's port. Its
26 crew remained onboard.
In Seoul, a spokesman for Korean carmaker Hyundai,
speaking on condition of anonymity, said the sunken ship was carrying both
Hyundai and Kia cars and said they were gathering more information on the
accident.
Pong said both ships were transiting through the
city-state, one of the world's busiest ports.
Divers assess fuel leak from sunken car carrier
Salvage divers jumped into deep, murky waters off Singapore
today to assess whether a ship that sank with 4000 cars on board
after colliding with an oil tanker has spilled more than 900
tonnes of fuel oil.
"The damage, the hole, is huge. We're most afraid of oil
leakage from any of the tanks," said spokeswoman Patsy Phay of
Eukor Car Carriers, operators of the ship now lying in 40-metre
deep water 8km off Singapore.
The Panama-registered car carrier MV Hyundai No 105 sank
yesterday after a head-on collision with oil tanker MT Kaminesan,
which was carrying almost 300,000 tonnes of crude oil in a busy
shipping lane just south of Singapore.
MV Hyundai's crew of eight Koreans and 12 Filipinos
abandoned ship 15 minutes before it sank in Indonesian waters
with a cargo valued at $US40 million ($57.36 million), Eukor
said.
There was no leak from the oil tanker, but the collision
tore a 50-by-20 metre hole in the side of the car carrier.
The MV Hyundai was carrying more than 900 tonnes of fuel for
its journey to Europe, where it was to deliver 3,000 new Hyundai
and Kia cars plus used Japanese cars in England and Germany.
Efforts to remove the oil from the vessel will begin after
permission is received from the Indonesian government, Eukor
said.
Phay said that was likely to occur in the next few days.
Two anti-pollution boats, one from agents for MV Hyundai and
the other from Singapore authorities, were in the area checking
for any leaks, the Maritime and Ports Authority said in a
statement today.
The MPA said primary responsibility for the salvage rested
with Indonesian authorities and Eukor but said it would provide
assistance if necessary.
Phay said there were no initial reports of leaks from the
divers.
The Panama-registered Kaminesan has been towed back to
Singapore and anchored off the city-state's coast.
The cause of the accident was not clear. Weather was fine at
the time and both ships communicated with each other before the
crash, officials said.
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